Leprechaun Carol

Savvy players looking out for the best video slots available should take note of Leprechaun Carol, the holiday slot from Pragmatic Play.

This high-volatility yuletide title should come gift-wrapped: there are enough bonus features here to stuff players’ stockings many times over. Look for Nudging Scatters, Raining Wilds, the Pick a Fiddle Feature, Giant Wilds, Free Spins, and much more.

Theme

Everyone knows that Santa works with Elves. But in this Christmas title, the design team asks the question…

… what if they were leprechauns instead?

This slot is built by Pragmatic Play, a brand with complicated history. Though officially established in 2015, strong connections exist between this designer and the scandal-prone TomGame, which was launched in 2008, including the same owner for both companies. With that said, Pragmatic has won some major awards in recent years, so there’s clearly some substance here worth exploring.

Given those circumstances, we’ll allow the designers some leeway in mixing cultural metaphors here. The snowy reels are home to leprechauns, top hats, pipes, mugs of frosty beer, and the playing card values ace through ten. A winter rainbow acts as wild, substituting for other symbols to help form wins.

This game’s most important symbol, however…

… is the Pot of Gold scatter. When substituting for other symbols to form wins, this symbol can appear with win multipliers of 2x, 3x, 4x, and 5x. 

Betting Options and Functions

There are 20 fixed paylines, all paying from left-to-right. Coins bet per line can be set from 1–10, with coin value adjustable from 0.01–0.50: this yields an overall betting range of 0.20–100.00 times the betting currency.

Player options, payline information, game rules, and more are available via a pop-up menu. Autoplay can be engaged for up to 100 spins in a row, with optional win/loss limits available. Quick spin is also available for those who prefer a faster gaming tempo.

The theoretical return to player (RTP) comes in strong at 96.53%.

Features

• The Raining Wilds Feature may be activated on any spin during base play.
• A random number of extra wild symbols will be added to the reels in random positions.

• The Pick a Fiddle Feature may also be activated on any base play spin.
• Players are given their choice of one among five fiddles. A cash prize will be awarded.

• Also during base play, Giant Wild symbols may appear on the reels. 
• This massive 3x3 wild symbol has the potential to trigger multiple paylines at once.

• The appearance of scatter symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 triggers one of several random Bonus Games.
• If scatters appear on reels 1 and 3, and an additional scatter symbol is one reel position above or below the 5th reel, that scatter will “nudge” into place.

• The Free Spins Picker Bonus Game begins with 20 freebies and a 3x win multiplier active throughout bonus play.
• Before play begins, players can select mushrooms to reveal additional prizes. These may include more free spins, increased win multipliers, and/or additional wild symbols active during the feature.

• The Coin Collector Bonus Game begins with 15 freebies and a 4x win multiplier.
• Coin symbols appear on the reels during this feature, replacing the leprechaun symbol. 
• Collect enough coins, and the win multiplier will begin to increase without limit.

• The Giant Symbols Bonus Game offers 3 free spins, which will all feature the 3x3 giant wild symbol.
• The giant wild nudges from right to left during the bonus.

Our Take

There’s so much to like in this title! Pragmatic Play brings holiday bounty any time of the year.